Cabbage Gratin with Cheese, Bacon and Potato
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 ½ lb savoy cabbage or cavalo nero (black kale)
4 medium potatoes
3 tbsp olive oil
150g (6 oz) diced bacon (preferably back)
1 onion, finely sliced
2 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
¼ tsp chilli flakes
50g (2 oz) freshly grated parmesan
200g (½ lb) cheese; taleggio is recommended but Gruyere, Gouda, Edam or even Cheddar could be used
Instructions
1. Peel and cut potatoes into chunks about 2cm thick and boil for about 5 minutes until just starting to soften. Drain.
2. Meanwhile fry the bacon until well coloured then lower the heat and stir in the onion, garlic and chilli. Fry gently until soft.
3. Cut the cabbage into coarse chunks. Wash and add a third at a time to the onions and bacon. As the cabbage wilts add the more until it is all incorporated. Mix with the potatoes and half the parmesan.
4. Butter a baking dish and add half the cabbage and potato mixture. Dot with half the cheese then cover with the remaining mixture and top with the remaining cheese and parmesan. Cook in a preheated (200C) oven for about 30 minutes.
i found this here
www.riverford.co.uk ,its a very tasty dish and u can go a little heavy on the chilli flake if u like that kind of thing
they have a recipie finder where u can type in ingredients u have to hand and it spits out a list of possibles
http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/index.php?